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What bugs us most about the holiday travel crush? A mobile app that won't work when checking on a flight's status. It ranks as the No. 1 travel frustration, even more annoying than dealing with the Transportation Security Administration, a survey says. Most Americans book their travel electronically: 34% on a website and 23% on a mobile app. But at least a third of us who will be traveling over Thanksgiving and Christmas worry that the site or app will load slowly, be unresponsive or crash when we need to use it to upgrade an airline seat or book a hotel room over the busy holidays. Results of the holiday travel behavior study were compiled by Soasta, a San...

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What bugs us most about the holiday travel crush? A mobile app that won't work when checking on a flight's status. It ranks as the No. 1 travel frustration, even more annoying than dealing with the Transportation Security Administration, a survey says.
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Venerable L.A. punk band X will undertake another round of holiday shows in a handful of cities throughout the West, but the big news may be the group’s announcement that it is switching full time to the largely acoustic lineup it used in a series of...

It's not even the middle of October and I'm already worried — on your behalf — about booking Thanksgiving and year-end holiday travel. Why? Fuller-than-ever planes and increasing demand, thanks to a better economy. We don't often associate...

The $2-trillion U.S. travel industry is nervously keeping an eye on the worst Ebola outbreak in history, hoping travelers don't rein in their spending ahead of Thanksgiving.
Already, the deadly disease is having an effect:
• On Wednesday, the day a...

We asked you to send us photos of your mission projects so we could include a few on our California missions page. Your response was overwhelming.
We received images of missions made of cake, Legos and soap. Some of the projects you showed us are so...

Ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is changing its colors — but not its stripes.
Following the lead of Southwest and Frontier airlines, Florida-based Spirit announced a new, very yellow livery for its fleet of 61 planes.
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Bruce Willis has sold his walled and gated mansion in Beverly Hills for $16.5 million.
The Spanish-style house, built in 1928, has an arched porte-cochere, a swimming pool surrounded by a wide wooden deck and a tennis court on close to an acre of...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art celebrates ancient Mayan kingdoms and contemporary culture with a post-holiday trip to Guatemala and Belize.
The tour, led by cultural anthropologist Florencio Moreno, takes place in early January, the region’s coolest...

Adventure travelers can work off the pounds they may gain during the holidays on cycling trips across Hawaii’s Big Island.
Bicycle Adventures, an Issaquah, Wash.-based company, offers several late fall and early winter departure dates for rides across...

Christmas, anyone? Book a holiday-themed trip aboard the Grand Canyon Railway’s Polar Express. Tickets are on sale now for evening or overnight excursions, running Nov. 7 through Jan. 3, out of Williams, Ariz., to a destination dressed like the North...

Question: A client who was traveling for the holidays stayed at a luxury hotel in Miami. She used the hotel's VIP butler services. As she prepared to leave, the butler packed the trunk. She locked it in the presence of several other persons and did not...

No joke: The walkout by editors and assistant editors on the NBC show "Last Comic Standing" is over after less than two days.
An official with the Motion Picture Editors Guild said 15 workers returned to work Wednesday morning after the union...

Americans are expected to shake off the memories of this winter's harsh storms and travel for the Memorial Day weekend in the highest numbers since the recession.
The Auto Club of America predicts that 36.1 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles...

Southern Californians who plan to travel Memorial Day weekend can expect the good, the bad and the ugly.
The "good" will be warm, sunny weather. The "bad" will be gasoline prices slightly higher than the same time last year. The...

Do you dream about playing on a "real" soccer team? Or playing a match in a world-class fútbol stadium? It's possible on a soccer tour. Some trips are for individuals, others for teams or groups. Many can be customized to suit whatever...

Something to ponder over a holiday travel weekend as college football's four-team playoff prepares for takeoff: the flight is overbooked.
Do the math: Five power conferences are essentially battling for four spots, meaning at least one highly compensated...

With gasoline prices falling below $4 per gallon, Southern Californians are expected to get out of town for the Labor Day weekend in the highest number since the holiday travel record was set in 2008.
More than 2.48 million Southern California...

The holidays -- and the travel they necessitate -- are looming, but at least area airports are becoming a little more bearable for craft beer drinkers as craft options are finding their way into more terminal watering holes.
There’s something about the...

The air is crisp, the leaves are turning, and comfort food seems to be roasting or baking everywhere. Thanksgiving is the perfect blend of family, friends and good food, so it’s no wonder many people claim it as their favorite holiday.
Today,...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said it will now require employees who are out sick for three days or more to provide a doctor's note.
Join reporter Jack Dolan at 9 a.m. Thursday to discuss the change, which comes less than a week after The...